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Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Piano Composition Book . Complete Level 1 Copyright © MCMXCVI by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Cover illustration and interior art by Beverly Lazor-Bahr Valerie Cisler . Deanna Walker-Tipps This COMPOSITION BOOK is designed to be used with Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, LESSON BOOK, Complete Level 1. The book is coordinated page-by-page with the LESSON BOOK, and assignments are ideally made according to the instructions in the upper right corner of each page of the COMPOSITION BOOK. This Composition Book reinforces concepts as they are presented in the Lesson Book, and specifically focuses on the development of creativity and compositional skills. In the beginning, students may need help notating their pieces correctly. Eventually students should be able to complete the assignments at home if the instruc- tions for each exercise are reviewed at the lesson. Ask students to play directly from the music they have composed so they can see the correlation between what they have written and how the music actually sounds. This reinforces new concepts and strengthens reading skills. It is possible to use this book even after a student has progressed to higher levels. This can solidify concepts already learned and can stimulate and develop creativity and compositional skills. The book can also be used with students in other methods. Encourage students to use the limitations given in the book as a guide, but allow them to explore beyond those limitations. This will develop their natural curiosity and creativity. Examples for the teacher are given on pages 39–40. Bass Clef F. My F Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Improvising in LH C Position. Five Finger Sounds . . . . 2 Treble Clef G. My Favorite Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Improvising in RH C Position. The Half Note Parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Improvising on the Grand Staff. Two Hands Are Better Than One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Intervals—2nds. Seconds Up and Down . . . . . . . . . . . .5 More 2nds. I Like Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Legato Playing. My Beautiful Legato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Intervals—3rds. Thirds Are Neat! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Quarter Rest. I Need Some Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Improvising with Intervals: 2nds and 3rds. Bunny Hop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Harmonic and Melodic 2nds and 3rds. (Your Own Title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Improvising with Intervals: 4ths. (Your Own Title) Waterfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Whole Rest. Harmonic Mirror. Melodic Echoes . . . . . 11 Improvising with Intervals: 5ths. (Your Own Title) Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Harmonizing with 2nds, 3rds, 4ths & 5ths. Harmonize Surprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 G Position. Unicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Half Rest & Incomplete Measure. One Half Rest . . . . 15 Sharps. Sharp-Shooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 More Sharps. I See Sharply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 G Position with Flats. I’m Flattered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 More Flats. Native Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Question and Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Question and Answer in C Position Improvising Answers in C and G Positions . . . . . . . 21 C Position and Staccato. Hot Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Question and Answer: Harmonic and Melodic Intervals. Just Follow Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Harmonizing a Melody in C Position. ‘C’ a Little Melody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Eighth Notes. Have a Happy Birthday! . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Clap Rap. Wrap It Up! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Improvising with Melodic and Harmonic Intervals. Mysterious Fog. Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Clap Rap. Pedal to the Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Three-Part Form—ABA. Concert Time . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Composing in ABA Form. Magic Melody . . . . . . . . . . .30 Middle D Position. Flying Trapeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Middle D “Half Step” Position. Scary Spiders . . . . . . .32 Middle D “Whole Step” Position. My Favorite Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Two Left Hand Positions. The Pony Ride . . . . . . . . . . .34 Two Right Hand Positions. (Your Own Title) . . . . . . . .35 Optional Final Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36–38 Teacher’s Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–40
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Alfred’s Basic Piano Library
PianoComposition Book . Complete Level 1
Copyright © MCMXCVI by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
Cover illustration and interior art by Beverly Lazor-Bahr
Valerie Cisler . Deanna Walker-Tipps
This COMPOSITION BOOK is designed to be used with Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, LESSON BOOK, CompleteLevel 1. The book is coordinated page-by-page with the LESSON BOOK, and assignments are ideally madeaccording to the instructions in the upper right corner of each page of the COMPOSITION BOOK.
This Composition Book reinforces concepts as they are presented in the Lesson Book, and specifically focuseson the development of creativity and compositional skills. In the beginning, students may need help notatingtheir pieces correctly. Eventually students should be able to complete the assignments at home if the instruc-tions for each exercise are reviewed at the lesson. Ask students to play directly from the music they havecomposed so they can see the correlation between what they have written and how the music actually sounds.This reinforces new concepts and strengthens reading skills.
It is possible to use this book even after a student has progressed to higher levels. This can solidify conceptsalready learned and can stimulate and develop creativity and compositional skills. The book can also be usedwith students in other methods.
Encourage students to use the limitations given in the book as a guide, but allow them to explore beyond thoselimitations. This will develop their natural curiosity and creativity.
Examples for the teacher are given on pages 39–40.
Bass Clef F. My F Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Improvising in LH C Position. Five Finger Sounds . . . . 2Treble Clef G. My Favorite Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Improvising in RH C Position.
The Half Note Parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Improvising on the Grand Staff. Two Hands
Are Better Than One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Intervals—2nds. Seconds Up and Down . . . . . . . . . . . .5More 2nds. I Like Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Legato Playing. My Beautiful Legato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Intervals—3rds. Thirds Are Neat! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Quarter Rest. I Need Some Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Improvising with Intervals: 2nds and 3rds.
Bunny Hop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Harmonic and Melodic 2nds and 3rds.
(Your Own Title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Improvising with Intervals: 4ths. (Your Own Title)
Waterfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Whole Rest. Harmonic Mirror. Melodic Echoes . . . . . 11Improvising with Intervals: 5ths. (Your Own Title)
Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Harmonizing with 2nds, 3rds, 4ths & 5ths.
Harmonize Surprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13G Position. Unicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Half Rest & Incomplete Measure. One Half Rest . . . . 15Sharps. Sharp-Shooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16More Sharps. I See Sharply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
G Position with Flats. I’m Flattered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18More Flats. Native Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Question and Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Question and Answer in C Position
Improvising Answers in C and G Positions . . . . . . . 21C Position and Staccato. Hot Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Question and Answer: Harmonic and
Melodic Intervals. Just Follow Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Harmonizing a Melody in C Position.
‘C’ a Little Melody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Eighth Notes. Have a Happy Birthday! . . . . . . . . . . . .25Clap Rap. Wrap It Up! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Improvising with Melodic and Harmonic Intervals.
Mysterious Fog. Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Clap Rap. Pedal to the Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Three-Part Form—ABA. Concert Time . . . . . . . . . . . .29Composing in ABA Form. Magic Melody . . . . . . . . . . .30Middle D Position. Flying Trapeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Middle D “Half Step” Position. Scary Spiders . . . . . . .32Middle D “Whole Step” Position.
My Favorite Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Two Left Hand Positions. The Pony Ride . . . . . . . . . . .34Two Right Hand Positions. (Your Own Title) . . . . . . . .35Optional Final Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36–38Teacher’s Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–40
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Whole Rest
Harmonic Mirror
Melodic Echoes
This is a WHOLE REST.
It means REST FOR THE VALUE OF AWHOLE NOTE or any WHOLE MEASURE.
∑1. Write two pieces in C Position in which the LH
“echoes” the RH. Use only harmonic 2nds,3rds and 4ths in Harmonic Mirror and melodic2nds, 3rds and 4ths in Melodic Echoes.
2. Clap and count the first two measures of each piece. How many beats will you need in eachmeasure of Harmonic Mirror? _____ How many beats will you need in each measureof Melodic Echoes? _____
3. Draw a WHOLE REST whenever one hand does not play for an entire measure.4. Add SLURS to Melodic Echoes if you wish to indicate LEGATO.5. Play your pieces!
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Use with page 31.Harmonizing with 2nds, 3rds, 4ths & 5ths
Harmonize Surprise
1. Play and count the melody of Harmonize Surpriseseveral times.
2. Compose an accompaniment to the given melody usingonly harmonic 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths in C Position.Experiment with each of these intervals in every measure.Use only dotted half notes.
Notice the intervals that blend well with the melody andthose that do not. Often, the harmonic intervals thatare “harmonious” will contain notes foundin the melody.
3. Write the correct TIME SIGNATUREunder the GRAY arrows.
4. Draw SLURS if you wish to indicate LEGATO.
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To harmonize a melody played in one hand, chooseharmonic intervals for the accompanying hand that blendwell with the melody. When the harmony and melody blendwell together they are “harmonious.”
